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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Foundation for Government Accountability press release - A majority of Tennessee voters stand against ObamaCare’s Medicaid
Expansion once they learn the true impacts the program will have on the
state, with almost 60 percent of them opposed, says a Foundation for
Government Accountability poll released today.

The poll was conducted after Gov. Bill Haslam reversed his opposition
to ObamaCare to support Washington’s goal of expanding the welfare
state in Tennessee, in spite of the lessons learned by the state’s
failed TennCare program. Not too long ago, the TennCare Medicaid
expansion nearly bankrupted the budget and forced lawmakers to kick
hundreds of thousands of people off of the program to keep the state
afloat. When reminded of the TennCare Medicaid expansion disaster, 62
percent of Tennessee voters said they were less likely to support the
ObamaCare expansion Gov. Haslam’s wants today.

With ObamaCare still toxic, and the nightmares of the TennCare
expansion debacle still fresh in peoples’ minds, Gov. Haslam is seeking
to rebrand his ObamaCare Medicaid expansion plan, calling it “Insure
Tennessee,” to dupe voters and legislators into thinking his welfare
state expansion is both Tennessee-centric and market-based.

“There is nothing Tennessee-centric about caving to the dictates of
Washington’s health care takeover through ObamaCare. Call it what you
want, but the federal strings will be the same, the budget crunches will
be the same, and the risks to patients and taxpayers will be the same.
Insure Tennessee is ObamaCare expansion in disguise,” said FGA CEO
Tarren Bragdon.

“Tennessee was able to climb out of the hole it dug itself after the
TennCare expansion, but that may not be the case this time around. After
the ObamaCare Medicaid expansion raises premiums, after the feds renege
on their promises, after truly needy patients are pushed to the back of
the line, the state may have no legal way to back out.”

While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that ObamaCare’s Medicaid
expansion was optional—doing so would turn these new expansion enrollees
into a so-called mandatory population—the court did not clarify whether
a state can back out of an ObamaCare expansion after passing it without
losing their federal funding for all Medicaid enrollees. Upon learning
that the state may not be able to reverse its decision after it expands
Medicaid, two-thirds of Tennessee voters said they were less supportive.
73% of voters said they were less likely to support Haslam’s ObamaCare
expansion plan knowing it could rob funding for critical priorities
including education, safety and roads.

“Tennesseans don’t want Gov. Haslam’s ObamaCare Medicaid expansion.
It’s time for the legislature to stand up for their citizens and protect
them from a massive expansion of ObamaCare,” said Bragdon. “Gov. Haslam
may be captivated by the allure of allegedly free money from
Washington, but leaders in the Legislature need to keep a clear head and
fight for what’s right for the people of Tennessee.”

When Haslam starts talking with legislators about Insure Tennessee,
someone should remind him that the people of Tennessee don’t want to see
the care of their parents, their health care system, their taxes, and
their state jeopardized just so he can win points with the President.
That’s no way for a conservative leader to lead, and that’s why 57
percent of Tennesseans and 78 percent of Republicans say they are less
likely to reelect a candidate if they support ObamaCare’s Medicaid
expansion, Insure Tennessee.

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